Supine
With the back or dorsal surface downward. A person who is supine is lying face up. As opposed to prone.
For a more complete listing of terms used in medicine for spatial orientation, please see the entry to “Anatomic Orientation Terms”.
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- Supportive care
Treatment given to prevent, control, or relieve complications and side effects and to improve the patient’s comfort and quality of life.
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To form or discharge pus. The adjective is suppurative, as in suppurative arthritis. The noun is suppuration, and is rarely used today. From the Latin puris = pus.